Plymouth Seeks to Invigorate Economy with Innovative Housing From Cape & Plymouth Business By Douglas Karlson After driving through a secluded and sylvan Plymouth landscape to arrive at A.D. Makepeace Company’s Redbrook Village, one arrives at what’s described as a “New England village, re-imagined.” The focus is on the village green and surrounding nature. […]

Pilot Program will provide another option for drivers on I-93 northbound in Boston who have a final destination of the Seaport in South Boston BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Transportation today announced that beginning Monday, October 15, 2018, all traffic will be able to use sections of the South Boston Bypass Road and a […]

Peter Forman, President & CEO of the South Shore Chamber of Commerce has been appointed to serve as a member of the Project Advisory Committee for the MBTA Rail Vision project. Forman was advised of the appointment by Stephanie Pollack, Secretary & CEO pf the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The Rail Vision project will identify […]

It is no secret that the retailing world is changing. Business models are shifting for national retailers. Consumer preferences around the “shopping experience” are evolving. Both trends are being felt by malls and shopping centers everywhere. Those are interesting business stories. The Chamber is particularly interested in a different story. How will changes in retail […]

In the Boston area housing market, there’s no longer an upside to downsizing for many empty nesters. LET ME FIRST APOLOGIZE for any part my wife and I may be playing in worsening the Massachusetts housing shortage. Our youngest child has a freshly minted college diploma and a job. That officially makes us empty nesters, […]

PEMBROKE – This weekend, thousands of South Shore high school seniors will toss their mortarboards in the air and go home with freshly minted diplomas, eager to chart their own paths. David Kingsley would love it if even just a few of them would come work for him. But Kingsley, the co-owner of a Pembroke […]

HANOVER – Representatives from the South Shore Chamber of Commerce brought their vision of the region’s economic future to Hanover Wednesday night. Town officials and the Massachusetts Housing Partnership arranged the presentation so the chamber’s efforts to spur economic development could be discussed. The event was held at the John Curtis Free Library “Our entire […]

Business leaders on the South Shore are starting to wage war on the big-lot zoning that’s so common in many of their towns. The South Shore Chamber of Commerce Thursday issued a housing agenda aimed at building dense housing at or near train stations and ferry docks, retail centers, even underused office parks. Chamber chief […]

South Shore Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Peter Forman said the area has been ‘a bit behind’ other regions in finding ways to attract younger workers and families.The Chamber is releasing a “Housing 2017” report on Sept. 21. QUINCY – The South Shore is struggling to attract young professionals and young families, and the […]

When a roomful of developers and business owners gather to talk about shopping malls, you’d expect them to discuss changing shopper habits, and the comparative attractions of enclosed and open malls. And a group of 40 did Tuesday morning, Aug. 8 at the Doubletree Hilton hotel in Rockland during a South Shore Chamber of Commerce […]

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South Shore 2030 is a comprehensive economic and community development plan for the region’s many communities. It represents a multi-year blueprint for better diversifying the regional economy with higher-value jobs and addressing potential workforce shortages in key existing and emerging industries.